Reset Datatip to Standard

Hey,

I am using a GUI with several axes. In some axes I plot 3D data, whereas in others I am boxplotting. For the 3D Data I created a customdatatip that now also applies to the boxplots. However, for the boxplots I want to use the standard datatip, which looks pretty fine for boxplots.

This is how I call the update function:

datacursormode on;
dcm = datacursormode;      
set(dcm,'UpdateFcn',@customdatatip);

And this is how I programmed the function 'customdatatip':

function output_txt = customdatatip(obj,event_obj,str1, str2)

    % Get Data
    x_axis1 = getappdata(0, 'x_axis1');
    x_axis1 = x_axis1{1}; % Read string
    y_axis1 = getappdata(0, 'y_axis1');
    y_axis1 = y_axis1{1}; % Read string

    pos = get(event_obj, 'Position');
    output_txt = {...
    [x_axis3 ': ', num2str(pos(1),4)]...
    [y_axis3 ': ', num2str(pos(2),4)] ...
    [z_axis1 ': ', num2str(pos(3),4)] ...
    ['Legend: ', event_obj.Target.DisplayName]};

When I use the datatip, it gets me the output: Unable to update. Which is undersandable as I do not have such data for this boxplot. So, can I revert the Update function for the boxplots? Or limit the Update function just to the 3D plots? Or artificially recreate a boxplot datatip function?

Your support is very much appreciated!

Best, Mathias

Answer 1

[Carl]

Hi Mathias. A possible solution is to customize your customdatatip function to behave differently depending on which axes the callback occurs in. For example, see the code below:

% ah1 = handle to axes 1, ah2 = handle to axes 2
current_axes = event_obj.Target.Parent;
if current_axes == ah1
    % datatip for first axes
elseif current_axes == ah2
    % datatip for second axes
end

[Thomas Atta-Fosu]

Thanks! I had a similar issue and this saved me!